ySense Review and Earning Guide (In-Depth)

About the Company

• Founded: 2000.
• Parent company: Prodege, LLC.
• Located: P.O. Box 70, Manhattan Beach, CA 90267, USA
• Founder(s): James V. Grago (ClixSense) | Josef Gorowitz (Prodege) | Scott Dudelson (Prodege)
• Socials: N/A
• Contact details: Contact page
• Other brands: Swagbucks, InboxDollars, MyPoints, ShopAtHome.

Is ySense Legit?

Yes, ySense is legit. Prodege is one of the most well-known companies in the online rewards space so you can trust they wouldn't risk their reputation by running a scam. On top of that, there are plenty of happy ySense users out there who have been paid.

As far as red flags go, the only strange thing about ySense is the lack of a social media presence. ySense isn't on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, nothing. There are some fan-made pages, but I couldn't find anything official.

Of course, not everything is sunshine and rainbows either. Some users have had bad experiences with ySense, reporting slow (or no) payments and unjustified account deactivations. More on all of this below.

Related: How to Spot Survey Scams & GPT Scams (in 10 Steps)

Payment Proof

To further show that ySense is legit, here's a payment proof from our reviewer:

Who Can Join? (Requirements)

• Age requirement: 13 years old for anyone in the USA, 16 years old anywhere else.
• Country requirements: Worldwide availability. 
• Device requirements: Available on the Web or as an app for iOS and Android. 
• Payout requirements: For PayPal payments, account must be verified and name and email must match both in ySense and PayPal.

Safety Inspection

Conducted on July 28, 2021.

• SSL certificate? Yes.
• Privacy policy: Here.
• Terms of Use: Here.
• Personal data collected from ySense users:
  • For account creation: email, password.
  • For profile: first and last name, address.
  • Automatically collected: IP address, device ID, operating system, browser type.
  • If you download the ySense extension: websites you visit.
• Do they share/sell user data? Yes, from their policy: “We may share or sell aggregate or individualized information about you that may include, without limitation, (1) your personal information, (2) your use of the Prodege Sites and Features and our Services, (3) websites you visit, and (4) your location and information derived therefrom which we believe reflects your interests.”
• Can you opt out? Yes, you can opt-out of certain data collection and sharing programs by contacting Prodege, although it does seem more complicated than it should be. Some opt-out options may be exclusive to California residents. You can opt-out of location collecting by changing your device settings (if using the ySense app).
• Do they protect user data? Yes, from their privacy policy: “We maintain security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the Personal Information under our control.”
• Can you delete your account and data? You can close your account in your profile settings page. Unclear whether this permanently deletes your account data.

Is ySense Safe?

ySense is safe in that they're run by a legitimate company and they're transparent about how they use and share your data. But, if you're a privacy focused person, ySense is probably not something you'll want to use.

While the site doesn't ask for a ton of personal information, it asks for enough, and it seems it shares this information pretty willy-nilly.

On top of that, if you use ySense's 3rd party offer walls, you'll be brought to other sites with their own privacy policies. Be sure to be mindful of what info you share with these sites and/or read their privacy policies to see how they'll handle your data.

As always, I'd recommend using a secondary email address for ySense (and any other paid survey sites/GPT sites you use). Be sure to create a fresh password as well.

Obligatory disclaimer: Anything on the internet is never 100% safe or private. The above are opinions based on our independent research. Please take caution and do your own due diligence.

Related: For more info + tips on how to stay safe on sites like ySense, read this guide.

ySense Support Quality

Out of 2 ySense reviewers we've surveyed so far, only 1 had to contact the support team. Here's what they said:

“I recently contacted the support team because the survey was finished but I was not redirected to [the] ySense landing page. It got stuck with the partner site url and a blank page. I took a screenshot of the blank page and submitted a ticket about this issue. They emailed me after a few minutes and the issue was acknowledged. The support team sent the missing payment to my account and I received it the next day. Overall, the support team responded quickly and made the necessary actions to address my concern.”

– ySense User, Reviewer • pepperflakesc

On the web, ySense support has mixed reviews. Some users get quick and helpful responses while others report waiting days for a response and/or receiving unhelpful responses.

How Does ySense Work?

ySense works very similarly to other paid survey sites and GPT sites. They make money by helping brands survey consumers and by referring users to other companies. They then share a part of the revenue with you as an incentive.

Once you're signed up, you'll gain access to all the different earning methods available on ySense, the main ones being paid surveys, offers, and referrals (details below).

As you complete different tasks, you’ll earn cash (ySense doesn't use a points system). After you earn at least $3, you can cash out to a gift card of your choice. For $10 or more, you can cash out via PayPal (more payment option details below)

ySense Earning Potential

Based on 2 ySense reviewers, here are the stats we gathered on ySense's earning potential:

• Avg. $/hour: $1.25
• Highest $/hour: $1.50
• Lowerst $/hour: $1.00
• Avg. $/month: $22.50
• Highest $/month: $25

Note: These numbers are updated regularly as we survey more users. Sign up here to stay up to date + receive exclusive content.

How Often Is Work Available?

The amount of work you receive from ySense will depend on your unique demographics. Based on the 2 users we surveyed, it was a 50/50 split between receiving work a few times a week and a few times a month.

One user reported working around 60 hours/month on the site, while the other reported working around 15 hours/month. That's an average of 37.5 hours of work each month.

Bottom line? Don't expect this to replace your full-time job!

ySense Review and Rating Breakdown

Ways to Earn on ySense + Tips

There are 4 main ways to earn money on ySense:

1. Surveys

Surveys are probably the most popular way to earn cash on ySense. Here you can get paid to influence different companies, brands, products, and services.

To get started, you'll first need to fill out a profile survey, then you'll be good to fill out any other surveys on the site.

All available surveys can be found in the survey dashboard (pictured above). Each survey displays the name of the survey router, a unique survey number, the estimated time to complete the survey, and the cash payment amount.

Surveys typically pay $0.13-$3 each depending on the survey you take and whether or not you go through a third-party survey router.

Peanut Labs, a survey router featured on the dashboard, typically pays around $2/hour, all the way up to $7/hour on a good day. 

Keep in mind, you may get disqualified from ySense surveys occasionally. This could be due to a full quota, answering attention checks wrong, or just being a wrong fit.

When you successfully complete a survey, you should see a screen with “Survey completed”, “Thank you”, or similar. You'll then be brought back to the dashboard where a green notification banner will pop up confirming the survey completion.

If you're ever not paid for a survey you completed, you can contact ySense support. Be sure to attach proof of completion by taking a screenshot of the final page of the survey or the landing page of the survey provider that shows the full page address. Your system clock should also be visible.

Related: To keep track of your survey completions + proofs, try this free survey income tracker.

2. Offers

ySense has its own offers along with third-party offer walls, including:

• Wannads
• Revenue Universe
• OfferToro
• ayeT Studios
• AdGate
• Adscend
• Peanut Labs; and
• AdGem 

Most available offers involve:

• Signing up for free trials and paid subscriptions
• Installing and playing games until you reach a certain level or complete particular quests (related: check out PlaytestCloud if you want to get paid to test mobile games)

All of these cash offers have certain instructions you have to follow in order to get paid.

Before picking an offer to complete, you can see what it is, the requirements, and how much it pays. Most offers pay at least $1/hour. With some, you can earn much more than that (e.g. $300+ for one offer).

Keep in mind, some offers take much longer than others. A signup offer could take 5-minutes while a game offer could take a week of playing.

Also, while signup offers can pay really well, they're not super common, so don't expect to see new ones every day.

Your earnings for cash offers will be only be affected if:

1. You didn’t follow the offer’s instructions accurately. Every offer has clear and specific instructions for you to follow in order to get paid. Be sure to read them carefully.
2. You’re not a new user. Signing up for sites or downloading apps you've already used will most likely not work.
3. The offer provider lost track of your progress. This is applicable to games and a few other offers that typically require more than a day to finish. Contact support if this happens, and be sure to attach screen shots to prove you completed the offer.

3. Receipt Uploads

Under the “Surveys” tab on ySense, you may see a “Submit receipts” option. You can upload receipts here from over 1100 different stores and restaurants across the US, Canada, and the UK in order to earn some cash back.

Each receipt pays a flat rate of $0.05 each, which isn't great but not terrible either. It's unique compared to most other paid receipt scanning apps as well.

Related: 11 Free Apps That Pay You Cash Back for Receipts

4. Referrals

ySense has a unique affiliate/referral program that pays in two ways:

• Sign-up commissions. You get $0.10-$0.30 for every referral that successfully signs up using your link. How much you'll get per referral depends on the country they sign up from. You earn $0.30 if your referral comes from the top tier countries, otherwise you earn $0.10. To receive the signup commission, your referral must complete 3 actions of either answering surveys or completing offers on at least 3 different days. As an extra bonus, ySense will give you $2 once your referral earns their first $5 (not including your referral’s commissions and bonuses).
• Activity commissions. You get 20% for every survey or offer that your referral completes but this is only the base percentage. You can increase your commission percentage by 5%, up to 30%, by having 100 active referrals (minimum 1 survey or offer completed in the last 30 days).

To get started, find your referral link under the “Affiliates” tab and start sharing!

Ways to Cash Out on ySense

There are 4 main ways to cash out your ySense earnings. These options may vary depending on your location:

Warning: ySense earnings may expire 24 months after you earn them. Be sure to cash them out before then!

1. PayPal

• Minimum payout: $10
• Fees: None

To cash out via PayPal your account names must match across ySense and PayPal, your emails must match, and your PayPal account needs to be verified (i.e. have a linked bank account).

2. Payoneer

• Minimum payout: $52
• Fees: $2 + Payoneer fees for bank withdrawals

Tip: Get a free $25 added to your Payoneer account after you receive at least $1,000 by signing up here.

3. Skrill

• Minimum payout: $5 ($5.05 after fee)
• Fees: 1%

ySense includes the 1% Skrill fee in the minimum payout. So, to cash out $5, you'll actually need $5.05 in your balance. Also, similar to PayPal, you'll want your Skrill email address to match your ySense email address.

4. Gift Cards / Vouchers

• Minimum payout: $3
• Fees: None

ySense offers a variety of gift cards as payout options but what you have available will vary depending on your location. Common options include Amazon (US, Canada, UK, etc.), American Eagle, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, iTunes, and more.

Additional Tips, Notes, and Features

1. Rules and Penalties

According to Prodege's Terms of Use:

• Inactive accounts may be closed – From terms: “Any Account that has not been logged into and points either earned or redeemed for one year or more may be deemed inactive and the Account closed.”
• Earnings may expire – From terms: “Any points in our Rewards Programs that have not been redeemed for two (2) years from the time such points were earned or awarded may be deemed expired and removed from your Account.”
• One account – Trying to run multiple accounts will get them all deactivated. That said, if you have multiple people in your house, each can use their own individual account.

2. ySense Forum

The forums are one of the oldest features of ySense. They're where ySense members can help each other out with their cash-out issues, share success stories, and hang out. It's also a place where you can get support and submit bug reports.

This is a great place for you to connect with and learn from other ySense members. Many ySense users speak English but other languages are also available.

3. ySense Chat

ySense Chat allows you to private message any user as long as you know their username. You can also start chats by clicking on another user's username in the ySense Forums.

Chatting is a good way to connect with other ySense users and ask questions and also communicate with your referrals.

You can edit your chat settings and even disable chat completely if you'd like. You can also whitelist and blacklist certain ySense users.

Oh, and before you go trolling, keep in mind you can be reported for spamming, toxic behavior, or in any way abusing the chat system. This could get your chat rights taken away and, worst-case scenario, get your account banned completely.

4. Daily Checklist Bonus

For completing your daily checklist (found on the main user dashboard), you'll earn a random bonus of up to 16% of your total earnings that day (excluding other bonuses and referral commissions).

To complete the checklist, you need to finish 2 surveys or 2 offers.

If you’d like some extra bonuses, you can download the ySense browser add-on and enable survey notifications for a 2% bonus (the add-on needs to run for at least an hour) and you can get another 2% bonus by completing the daily checklist for 3 consecutive days (after 3 days, the bonus will apply every day you complete your checklist until you miss a day).

5. Browser Add-On

The ySense browser add-on gives you real-time updates on new surveys and offers, saving you time from having to monitor and refresh pages. It also gives you a quick summary of your account stats.

ySense App

The ySense app gives you a way to earn on the go by filling surveys on your phone. It also gives you a quick look at your account stats.

That said, the app isn't very popular. Available on both iOS and Android, it has less than 700 ratings in total at the time of writing, and an average rating of 2 on iOS and 2.84 on Google Play.

ySense Reviews From Real Users

Here are some reviews of ySense from verified ySense users that we personally surveyed. Each reviewer was given a small incentive for providing their unbiased thoughts and feedback.

See more reviews in the comments or leave your own!

ySense Pros and Cons

Is ySense Worth It?

If you're looking for a simple income source that doesn't require a lot of brainpower, ySense might be worth it. It's easy money. But, with ease comes low income. That's the opportunity cost.

If you want more out of your time and you're willing to put in the work, there are better side hustles out there for making extra money (you just won't be able to do most of them while watching Netflix).

How to Get Started on ySense

Step 1. Create your account

You can sign up here. All this requires is an email address and password.

Step 2. Agree to the privacy policy

Be sure to read the privacy policy and terms of use over if you want to be clear on what ySense will do with your personal info. You can also check out the short summary above.

Step 3. Confirm your email

Pretty standard stuff here. If you don't see the validation email in your inbox, check your spam/junk folder. Once you confirm your email your ySense account will be activated.

Step 4. Answer the profile survey

On the surveys section of ySense, you should now see an “Unlock Surveys” profile survey that pays $0.05 (as pictured above). This takes less than 5 minutes to complete. Fill it out honestly and accurately to unlock the other available surveys.

Step 5. Start earning!

You're now fully set up and ready to do whatever you want on ySense. Fill out surveys, complete offers, you name it. Be sure to take a look around and get used to the features, and then get started on your daily checklist. Good luck!

ySense Alternatives

Here are some popular ySense alternatives to check out:

• Swagbucks – Swagbucks review – Also owned by Prodege, Swagbucks has many of the same earning opportunities as ySense.
• PrizeRebel
• Cointiply – Cointiply review
• Qmee – Qmee review
• Treasure Trooper – Treasure Trooper review

For a full list of ySense alternatives + tips and more information to help you earn, read our full guide to GPT sites or paid survey sites.

For more ideas and opportunities, check out these guides:

• Focus groups – These are essentially higher-paying surveys. Try Respoindent.io or User Interviews.
• Sites That Will Pay You to Test Websites and Apps – A step up from surveys and GPT tasks. Higher pay, but more work (still easy though).
• Micro job sites – Micro jobs can include paid surveys and many other types of short tasks (e.g. data entry, transcription, AI training, etc.).

For more ideas, check out these ways to make extra money, ways for teens to make money, and my guide on how to start working from home.

Final Thoughts

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